Comments on: How to play/convert FLAC files in iTunes

By: Matt J

Matt J — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 22:47:04 +0000

I have a Vista Pro Sony laptop and just got a Sony VGP-XL1b 200 disc cd changer to rip my cds. My hard drive broke and I lost all my music so I got the changer to re rip my 500+ CDs.
My question is how should I rip them if I want to have a lossless version to archive and maybe hook into a very good stereo and also a version that will play on a PS3 and a version that would sound best on an Ipod/Iphone? FLAC, WAV and Mp3? Thanks. I have spent days researching this and have not found the answer. It amazes me that with the billions of internet users this question has not been answered before and that it is so complicated in the first place.

By: kz

kz — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 10:08:10 +0000

Thanks so much for those tips!! Working like a charm

By: Marcus

Marcus — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 08:03:54 +0000

Oh wow, I managed to do a really strange fix. I downloaded an app called Fluke, that’s and apple script that imports .flac files into iTunes, and I get errors when importing. But after trying to import I can drag them into itunes :D

Thank you for this tutorial!

By: Marcus

Marcus — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 07:58:45 +0000

Hello, I’ve done all this on OS X 10.6.1 and It works up till the point where I have to drag the files onto the Set OggS. I get this error:

Setting ‘OggS’ FSType on ‘/Users/User/Desktop/Filepath’… failed. (?!)

(I have replace my username and filepath)

I did manage to drag one of the albums into iTunes, but the rest won’t work. Seems very strange to me as they’re all ripped in the same way.

By: Jill

Jill — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 17:26:37 +0000

Thanks so much for these instructions! I usually buy all my tunes, but one album wasn’t available in Canada (Gorillaz Gorillaz) so I ended up getting flac files instead…glad I can actually listen to them now.

By: earpick

earpick — Sun, 30 Aug 2009 14:52:40 +0000

That is a broad question and one that could get a lot of flaming started but to sum up:
* the world could enjoy more open non-proprietary interchangeable formats. Apple goes out of business tomorrow – what are we to do with Apple Lossless then? Will it really stick around much after?
* iPods are not meant for lossless music nor are iPods and iTunes the only target device and player. Let me go play that Apple Lossless album on my Zune or in Windows Media Player. Oh wait, I can’t.
* Nobody’s forcing you to use FLAC. Unless, of course, what your *real* issue here is the fact that you don’t want to pay for CDs and prefer torrenting (i.e. stealing) music but now you’re frustrated that all those lossless releases out there don’t play too well in iTunes.

By: Clive

Clive — Sun, 30 Aug 2009 12:27:34 +0000

What is the point of Flac? Why encode in flac? The majority of the music listening world has ipods, Ipods don’t play flac so what is the point? Surely it’s just another file format obsacle that most people neither need nor want!

By: Bashayer

Bashayer — Sat, 22 Aug 2009 05:20:59 +0000

you are the GOD of flacs ! hahaha thanks

By: cute

cute — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 08:17:59 +0000

im using a rockbox for my apple ipod 3rd generation. i want to back the software to itunes. what will i do? tnx

By: Annunaki » Blog Archive » .Flac-bestanden afspelen en omzetten naar MP3 (MacOSX)

Sat, 21 Feb 2009 17:21:45 +0000

[...] veel groter dan het normale MP3-formaat. Daarom wilde ik hier van af, maar niet van het album zelf. Op internet vond ik een handleiding voor het eenvoudig converteren van .flac-bestanden naar [...]